SAMSUNG'S Galaxy S9 smartphone could launch next year. There have been a flurry of rumours about new features, but now it looks like Samsung is about to delete a feature from its previous handsets.

Samsung Galaxy S9 - Leaked photos, concept images, and renders

Fri, September 22, 2017

SAMSUNG is widely-tipped to launch its new Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ handsets at the CES expo in January 2018. Ahead of the launch, here's EVERY concept, leaked render or photograph of the hotly-anticipated new Galaxy S smartphone.

Another Twitter user posted: “@SamsungMobile there is rumor going round saying that the upcoming galaxy S9 and S9+ won't have a headphone jack. I hope it's just a joke???”

“Gonna be p***ed when I upgrade to the Galaxy S9 or w/e and find out they removed the headphone jack to piggy back off Apple's poor design,” another shared.

This is not the first time we’ve heard rumours about the headphone port being ditched in the Galaxy S9.

Elsewhere, the Galaxy S9 is tipped to have a 3D depth-sensing front camera to enable facial recognition.

If that sounds at all familiar, it’s probably because the front-facing 3D depth-sensor is one of the flagship features on Apple’s all-new smartphone, iPhone X.

This new sensor system powers Face ID, which unlocks the iPhone X and authenticates contactless payments by scanning the user’s face.

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Samsung cautions users that its current face unlock feature isn’t as secure as other options

It is possible Samsung has something very similar planned for the next entry in the Galaxy S range.

This is something Samsung has toyed with before, the Galaxy S8 already boasts a face scanning feature.

However this authentication system is currently powered by the front-facing camera, which makes it much less secure than Face ID.

Samsung is pretty upfront about the failings of its current system.

On the Galaxy S8 product page, Samsung says that “face recognition is less secure than pattern, PIN, or password” – something that could easily change with the hardware upgrade purportedly scheduled for the Galaxy S9.

The Samsung Galaxy S8 also offers Iris Scanning, fingerprint scanning, a numerical PIN or alphanumeric passcode to unlock the phone.

By contrast, Apple says its Face ID is more secure than the Touch ID fingerprint scanner shipped on previous iPhone models.

“The probability that a random person in the population could look at your iPhone X and unlock it using Face ID is approximately 1 in 1,000,000 (versus 1 in 50,000 for Touch ID),” Apple states.

It’s unclear whether Samsung will follow the iPhone X and ditch the fingerprint scanner entirely from the smartphone.

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The Galaxy Note 8 features a dual-lens camera, something tipped to make its way to the S9

Samsung is also expected to include the dual camera set-up it debuted with the Galaxy Note 8 on its new Galaxy S handsets.

The futuristic new smartphone will purportedly fold-out to the size of a tablet, creating a whole new category of mobile device similar to the two-in-one hybrids that have taken over the laptop-tablet segment of the industry.

Samsung Galaxy X is expected to be in extremely limited supply.

Some rumours suggest the South Korean company will only release the smartphone in its native market, before rolling-out worldwide later in 2018.